Back-pad.



J. ULRICH.

BACK PAD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 191av Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

} awe/whoa JOSEPH ULRICH JOSEPH ULRICH, OF BEARDSLEY, MINNESOTA.

BACK-PAID.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 28, 1913.

Patented Feb. 2st, 1914..

Serial No. 770,423.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn ULRICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beardsley, in the county of Bigstone and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Back- Pads, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in harness and more particularly to a back pad therefor and my object is to provide a device of this character which will enable the harness to be readily and quickly applied and removed, when desired.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a back pad provided with means for guiding the back straps thercthrough, said means being such as will permit said back straps to be readily and quickly removed from the horse without detaching the same fro-1n the hames.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a device which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient and useful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consisds in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim,

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the same applied to use. Fig. '2 is a. vertical section through the device.

In describing my invention, I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in Which- 1 indicates a base plate of a particular design and formed of leather, the under face of which has a felt strip 2 suitably secured thereto and this base plate is adapted to be applied to the back of an animal. Riveted or otherwise similarly secured to the top face of said base 1, to extend the full length thereof and project beyond the ends of the same, is a strap 3. The projecting portions of the strap 3 extend through and are suitably engaged with buckles t, which are of a well known type, the portions continuing from said buckles being looped, as shown at 5 and the extreme free ends of said strap are drawn into engagement with said' buckles. These looped portions 5 afford en gaging means for the traces 6 which extend thert-itln-ough and in view of the particular means of securing the strap to the buckles, these traces may be readily and quickly engaged or disengaged, when desired.

Superimposed on the strap 3 and secured thereto by a portion of the same means which secures said strap to the base plate 1, is an additional strap 7, the ends of which extend to points a short distance on each side of the center of said base plate 1. The free ends of this additional strap are engaged with additional buckles 8, similar to the buckles 4 and also superimposed on the strap 3, adjacent the ends of the base 1, and secured thereto by a portion of the means which secures said strap to said base, are the additional straps 9. These latter straps are secured in position adjacent their outer ends and their inner opposed ends are adapted to be suitably engaged with the buckles 8, with which the ends of the strap 7 are also engaged. The securing or the ends of the strap 7 and the straps 9 together, through the medium of the buckles 8, provides loops or guides 10 through which the back straps 11 of the harness are disposed. Thus, when it is desired to unhitch the horse, the back straps may be disengaged from the back pad by merely disengaging the straps 7 and 9 from the buckles 8, without entirely disengaging said back straps from the hames. In view of the particular construction of the buckles 8, the straps 7 and 9 may be quickly and readily disengaged.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improved device, the manner of applying the same to use will be readily understood and it will be seen that I have provided a device which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient and useful in operation.

While I have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention,

Ordinarily when harness is oiled, the oil is apt to flow through the pad and in the use of the latter, cause the hair on the horses of the latter, the projecting ends of said strap being looped to provide means for engagement with traces, buckles suitably securing the extreme free ends of the last men tioned strap to the body portion thereof, a second strap superimposed on the first mentioned strap and secured to the latter by the same means securing said first mentioned strap to the base plate, the ends of said second mentioned strap being free, a pair of addit-ional straps superimposed on the first mentioned strap and secured adjacent their ends to the first mentioned strap at points adjacent the projecting portions thereof, said additional straps being secured to the first mentioned strap by a portion of the same means which secures the latter to the base plate, and additional buckles adjustably se- JOSEPH ULRICH.

Witnesses H. M. ONEILL, G. J. MACK.

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